Irish Labor Party

The Irish Labor Party is a socialist political party in Ireland, founded in 1912 in County Tipperary as the political wing of the trade union congress. Labor did not trace its origins to Sinn Fein, unlike the other main parties in Ireland, and it emerged as one of the leading parties in Ireland. The Labor Party had the distinction of having the second-longest time in government, spending 19 years as a part of a coalition government with Fianna Fail, the only party to beat the Labor Party's record of consecutive years spent in the government.